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I had a pretty good day today, despite having to go into work incredibly early. This is a welcome change from the string of rather unpleasant days at work recently. I’m polishing up my resume, it might be about time for a ‘career change.’

I bought a nice framed print of Salvador Dali’s “The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus”. It was $59.99 at an art sale at the medical school, and was supporting some benefit or something. I just wanted the painting.

It was painted after his main surreal period, and represents more universal ideals, in this case, discovery. While I don’t happen to believe that Christopher Columbus ‘discovered’ America (how do you discover something that is already supporting multiple civilizations consisting of millions of people?), and I think that too much emphasis is put on the part he played in the development of the New World, I still like this painting.

At the time of the painting, some historians were suggesting that Columbus was actually from Catalonia, not Italy. Dali, being a Catalan himself, felt an obvious connection. The painting is very passionate, and is emphatic in displaying how strongly things such as religion played in Columbus’s interaction with the New World.

It is a real salute to the spirit of discovery, and a very nice painting. I’m pleased to have gotten it.

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